Pfizer and BioNTech Achieve First Authorization in the World for a Vaccine to Combat COVID-19
This constitutes the first Emergency Use Authorization following a worldwide Phase 3 trial of a vaccine to help fight the pandemic.
- This constitutes the first Emergency Use Authorization following a worldwide Phase 3 trial of a vaccine to help fight the pandemic.
- Our aim is to bring a safe and effective vaccine upon approval to the people who need it.
- In July 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced an agreement with the U.K. to supply 30 million doses of the BNT162b2 mRNA-based vaccine, once authorized for emergency use.
- Now that the vaccine is authorized in the U.K., the companies will take immediate action to begin the delivery of vaccine doses.